Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07
HUMAN LON8BvlTY,


some Remarkable Records wherein Extreme
Old Age Has Been Reschsd.
From the Altoona Times.
The cases Of Mrs. Krise OF Galli,zn, and
Mrs. Cute, OF Johnstown, two Csmbria
county ladies who have attained and are still
living at the remarkable age OF ITO years, OF
theresbouts, has prompted US to search for
particulars, to examine facts and figures pre-
pared by philosophers and writer's on by
giene, and to seek after instances on record
of persons who attained to great age and
the conclusion We have reached as the result
Of our researches is that 1t Ii not necessary to
go back to ancient times, to the days Of Me.
thussleh and other venerable pstriarchs, for
instances OF remarkable longevity, a. we
find many such on record within the last one
hundred years Coming down to the time OF
courts and post-mortems, we mud not . few
astonishing cases Of long-lived men and
women. We learn from the records OF chan
Gerry and other courts of the death Of man
at lG9 years. We find, also, the record OF St
Mongah, who died AZ late a 1881, after having
likewise OF John Roven and his wife, who
reached the age OF l72 and l6i years respec
lively.
Bullon's formula OF the duration of the
lives of animals is that they live six or seven
times as long as they are growing or attain.
ing perfect adult Development lie adduces
the examples OF men, the horse, the dog, the
cat, etc. Hufeland asserts that an animal
lives eight times a. long as 1t growA Now,
man in his natural state, where the period ol
maturity has not been hastened by art, re-
quires fully twenty-five years to attain his
iull growth and conformation, which propo
sition would give him an absolute age of 200
years To reduce mans time for growing
to twenty years and to five tunes that long
for living, he should at least survive until he
hAinU a hov
why the great scarcity OF csntensVians and
the extreme rarity OF octogenarians
Why should there be such dsarth OF cen.
tenarians when man, ss originally designed
ST. Mongah aud Peter Torton each lived ls5
years John Roven lived liz years MIRA
John ROven lived 164 years Peter Jenkins
lived l6' years, and Thomas Parr, who died
from the effects OF his own folly, lived l52
Years. The death OF the latter was caused by
the overgorging OF his stomach, q post. NOR.
tenn revealing the fact that he was perfectly
sound, barring the gorgod stomach, and that
he might have lived 70 the age of Methusaleh.
His cartileges were found to be entirely free
from ossihcstion, and not the least symptom
OF decay was discovered in his physical
structure.
On the question a. to how long 0 man can
live a. an individual, and what is the relative
duration OF human lie, Hufsland declares
that "ths organisation and vital powers of
"oAo W ouPpoAs ouIotiOu ouO oC'
uvity of two hundred years The historical
side OF the question OF human longevity
clearly makes out case that cannot but be
enchanting to reflect upon, and that 10 that 4
msn can live to be . centensrisn twice over
ana enjoy all the faculties OF body and mind
70 the Last, while the physical and scientific
nae s OF the subject affords equally good cause
!0I luollason 70 the s0-callsd poor, weak
mortal who desires to remain In the fiesh
long enough TO celebrate the two hundredth
anniversary OF his birth.
such being the finally arranged scientific
results, why this never.failing hsrysst vins
st the age OF three score and ten Multi.
tudes. indeed, never live one score and fiv"
notwithstanding, - originally arranged, they
might live two hundred years.
AZ extremes shorten life. That luxury
and dissipation have that effect 10 too plain =
proposition 70 DO doubted by anybody. Mod
Grafton In everything 10 tho great secret of
long life. More women than men live 10 4
good old sge, but fewer OF them than OF the
opposite sex attain to remarkable longevity
BY not violating but obeying the laws OF %.
ture In every respect any one may live 70 Q
green old aga